Salma Hayek in Balenciaga lensed by Cuneyt Akeroglu for Vogue Arabia May 2024

AOC readers know about actor Penelope Cruz doing Salma Hayek’s major-event makeup in a house with no electricity. Anne knows nothing about the two Hollywood women besties almost experiencing a plane crash together.

This story and more is a new reveal for AOC in the May 2024 issue of Vogue Arabia [IG] where Hayek is the fashion star photographed by Cuneyt Akeroglu [IG]. Vogue fashion director Amine Jreissati styles the actor in shimmering Balenciaga above, Gucci with Bucheron jewelry in the second position and Alexander McQueen in the third position.

“We never lie to each other. It allowed us to navigate the hypocrisy and fakeness of Hollywood. I always call you to work on a character because there is no one else in the world that could understand me better,” Hayek Pinault says about Penelope Cruz.

Salma Hayek in Gucci lensed by Cuneyt Akeroglu for Vogue Arabia May 2024

Salma Hayek was born on September 2, 1966 in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico. Her father is of Lebanese descent and her mother is of Mexican/Spanish ancestry. The actor is an American citizen, married in 2009 to the very famous French man Francois-Henri Pinault, the chairman and CEO of Kering since 2005.

Having roots in the Lebanese village of Baabdat, Hayek Pinault is prouder than ever of being Arab. Speaking to Cruz about what it truly means to be an Arab in today’s world, the star says, “Arabs have an almost unmatchable passion for life that is constantly tested. It’s almost because you are confronted with death consistently, you value every little moment of life.” Adding, “For us Arabs, to cook and eat together as a family is a blessing. I try to teach my kids simple things like that, about the blessings of small, precious moments.”

Follow the unfolding fashion story and the interview between the two inseparable friends Penelope Cruz and Salma Hayek at Anne of Carversville or on Vogue Arabia.